October 31, 2013 — Want to know how many University of Wyoming graduates find jobs in the Cowboy State? Interested in learning how UW’s tuition and fees stack up against other public institutions? Want to see a breakdown of the university’s funding sources, and how it budgets that money?

October 31, 2013 — Brian Towler, a professor in the University of Wyoming College of Engineering and Applied Science Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering, is among First Lady Carol Mead’s selections to run in the 2013 ING New York City Marathon Sunday, Nov. 3.

October 29, 2013 — One of the world’s leading chamber ensembles, the American Brass Quintet, will perform Friday and Saturday, Nov. 1-2, at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Buchanan Center for Performing Arts concert hall. Tickets cost $15 for the public and $8 for senior citizens and students.

October 29, 2013 — University of Wyoming mountain bike club team members Linnea Dixson and Jill Behlen placed in each of the four events to finish in the top five of the Division I women's individual omnium at last weekend’s USA Cycling Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships.

October 29, 2013 — Four University of Wyoming professors have developed an Electrical and Computer Engineering High Performance Cluster (ECE-HPC) -- on which they have created computing applications ranging from directing rescue robots through burning buildings to allowing physical therapists to monitor their patients’ recovery in real time and from remote locations.

October 28, 2013 — A monthly look at the night skies of the northern Rocky Mountains, written by astronomers Ron Canterna, University of Wyoming; Jay Norris, Challis, Idaho Observatory; and Daryl Macomb, Boise State University.

October 28, 2013 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

October 25, 2013 — The University of Wyoming Department of Music’s Faculty Recital Series continues with Lights along the Shore Sunday, Nov. 3, at 3 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for the Performing Arts concert hall. The event is free and open to the public.

October 25, 2013 — A major gift from philanthropists Mick and Susie McMurry through the McMurry Foundation will double all gifts up to a total of $100,000 to the University of Wyoming’s legendary Western Thunder Marching Band. Those gifts must be made or pledged in 2013.

October 24, 2013 — An exhibition featuring work from artists Michelle Forsyth and Taewon Jang will be on display at the University of Wyoming Visual Arts Building Friday, Oct. 25, through Friday, Nov. 29.

October 24, 2013 — Since I began working as president of the University of Wyoming July 1, I have been reviewing many aspects of the university’s operations -- just as a new leader of any organization would. I have asked my leadership team and sought help from others to assess the performance of various academic units, admissions, student housing, marketing, athletics and much more.

October 24, 2013 — The Veterans Services Center (VSC) will host its annual roll call event at the University of Wyoming to honor the service members who have given their lives since Sept. 11, 2001, as a result of the war on terror. The event is scheduled Monday, Nov. 11, at 8 a.m. in Simpson Plaza.

October 24, 2013 — The University of Wyoming Science and Math Teaching Center (SMTC) will host its second annual Visual Arts of Place Exhibition, “Wyoming Seen,” Tuesday, Nov. 5, from 6:30-8:30 p.m. on the fourth floor of Wyo Hall. The event is free and open to the public.

October 24, 2013 — The University of Wyoming’s Department of Atmospheric Science will be part of a study to better understand why so much lake-effect snow falls on the shores of Lake Ontario in northern New York state each winter.

October 23, 2013 — A panel of experts, including former U.S. ambassadors and Department of State officials, will examine the aims and challenges the United States faces in East Asia Friday, Nov. 1, from 10:30 a.m.-3:10 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Union Family Room.

October 23, 2013 — Artist and scientist Katrina van Grouw will demonstrate how science and art can hybridize through a series of events including a public seminar, art exhibition, drawing workshop and the public unveiling of a new Geological Museum exhibit during her visit Tuesday, Oct. 29-Tuesday, Nov. 5 to the University of Wyoming.

October 23, 2013 — Christianity teaches that when an individual’s life seems wrong, when he or she is overwhelmed with “sin,” salvation can fix that wrongness. Salvation provides a solution that puts the individual right with God.

October 22, 2013 — Members of the University of Wyoming Collegiate FFA chapter and the high school Snowy Range FFA chapter will trick or treat for canned goods or other non-perishable items on Halloween.

October 22, 2013 — University of Wyoming Department of Music faculty members Sherry Sinift, Jim Pryzgocki and Beth Vanderborgh will collaborate with guest pianist Jocelyn Swigger for a free concert highlighting composers Chopin and Brahms Sunday, Oct. 27, at 3 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for Performing Arts concert hall.

October 22, 2013 — Philosopher Ayn Rand comes to life in the University of Wyoming’s “An Evening with Ayn Rand,” a new play written and directed by UW Professor William Missouri Downs, Tuesday, Oct. 29-Saturday, Nov. 2, at 7:30 p.m. in Room 302 of the UW Classroom Building.

October 22, 2013 — Stay warm and dry, show off costumes and enjoy safe candy this Halloween during the University of Wyoming’s Safe Treat Thursday, Oct. 31, which provides a place for trick-or-treaters to participate in games and activities.

October 21, 2013 — The seventh annual “Fall into Good Health” gives University of Wyoming students and Laramie residents an opportunity to learn about personal health Saturday, Nov. 2, from 7:30 a.m.-noon in the Wyoming Union. Many services and tests provided will be free of charge.

October 21, 2013 — April Mack, a University of Wyoming doctoral degree student in counseling education, has been selected as a 2013-14 Presidential Fellow by the national Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).

October 18, 2013 — Baltimore Ravens corporate sales and business development Vice President Kevin Rochlitz, a University of Wyoming graduate and Powell native, will discuss his NFL experience with UW College of Business students Friday, Oct. 25.

October 18, 2013 — The University of Wyoming plans an informational session for Wyoming high school, community college and UW Outreach School students who are interested in pursuing careers in health care professions.

October 18, 2013 — Area residents have the opportunity to go back to college for a day -- minus the tests, stress and homework -- with three University of Wyoming professors lecturing Saturday, Oct. 26, in Gillette for the fall term of Saturday U -- the University of Wyoming's free one-day college education program.

October 18, 2013 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

October 17, 2013 — Walter Echo-Hawk, an attorney, tribal judge, author, activist and law professor, will discuss “Human Rights in Native America” Tuesday, Oct. 22, at 6 p.m. in room 178 of the University of Wyoming College of Law Building.

October 17, 2013 — Gender issues, Wyoming’s legal fight with Montana over water, domestic violence and Native American legal issues are among topics to be discussed by experts during Law Week 2013, which takes place Oct. 21-25 at the University of Wyoming.

October 17, 2013 — University of Wyoming faculty member Nina McConigley has published a collection of short stories set in Wyoming that explores the immigrant experience and the collisions of cultures in the American West.

October 17, 2013 — A University of Wyoming business incubator client, Bright Agrotech, is selling its products on a trial basis at Whole Foods in Fort Collins, Colo., the first major supermarket chain that has featured the company’s patented ZipGrow Towers.

October 15, 2013 — If the University of Wyoming is to contend for a Central Rocky Mountain Region (CRMR) title, the Cowboys and Cowgirls will have to wait at least five more months for the spring season to begin -- with a lot of ground to make up.

October 15, 2013 — The new federal Health Exchange will be among topics discussed on the University of Wyoming news and information program “Wyoming Signatures” Sunday, Oct. 20, at 6:30 p.m. on Wyoming Public Television.

October 15, 2013 — Oasis Saxophone Quartet will perform Monday, Oct. 21, at 7:30 p.m. in the University of Wyoming Buchanan Center for Performing Arts concert hall. The event is free and open to the public.

October 15, 2013 — Over the next five years, the University of Wyoming will work to bolster and diversify Wyoming’s pool of secondary school mathematics and science teachers with “swarms” of collaborative training.

October 14, 2013 — All University of Wyoming retirees and near-retirees are invited to attend the October meeting of the UW/State Retirees of Albany County at 10 a.m. Monday, Oct. 21, at the Eppson Center for Seniors, located at 1560 N. Third St.

October 14, 2013 — Delta Delta Delta and Sigma Nu received the Grand Award for the most outstanding float in the 2013 University of Wyoming Homecoming parade Saturday, Oct. 12. Gering, Neb., won first place in the high school marching band competition.

October 11, 2013 — The University of Wyoming water polo club is streaming its home tournament nationally this weekend, making the games available on a pay-per-view site, with sales going directly to the club.

October 11, 2013 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

October 10, 2013 — University of Wyoming Alumni Association officials have announced a slight change in the UW Homecoming parade route Saturday, Oct. 12. The parade will now travel south on Third Street rather than Second Street, as was previously announced.

October 10, 2013 — For many, Madagascar hissing cockroaches may seem more suitable to be seen at the zoo than handled in the classroom. But, for the University of Wyoming’s Science Posse, the creepy crawlers are actually used to inspire future educators to embrace teaching science at the elementary school level.

October 10, 2013 — A faculty showcase recital continues the University of Wyoming Department of Music fall Faculty Recital Series Sunday, Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. in the Buchanan Center for Performing Arts concert hall. The event is free and open to the public.

October 9, 2013 — Sherman Alexie, a poet, writer and filmmaker, will give a public lecture at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 15, in the University of Wyoming College of Arts and Sciences auditorium. He will sign books after his free public talk.

October 9, 2013 — So, you enjoy the life of the church. The weekly get-togethers, singing in the choir, discussing important ideas in Sunday school, helping at the soup kitchen and sending the kids to youth club are all important activities in your life.

October 8, 2013 — Breakfast will be served on the lawn at Prexy’s Pasture from 8-10:45 a.m. Friday, Oct. 11. University of Wyoming employees, alumni and students are invited to enjoy hot beverages, a continental breakfast and brown and gold swag.

October 8, 2013 — The University of Wyoming bass fishing team will end its first season competing as an intercollegiate team at a northern California tournament Oct. 12-13, with a $4,000 prize to the first place team.

October 8, 2013 — The Innovation Center of the Rockies (IRC), one of the nation’s premier entrepreneurial support organizations, has entered into an agreement with the University of Wyoming to help boost commercialization of intellectual property (IP) resulting from faculty research.

October 8, 2013 — After winning its first rodeo of the season two weeks ago, the University of Wyoming men’s team made a complete U-turn and struggled to score enough points to make a serious challenge in the latest Central Rocky Mountain Region (CRMR) competition.

October 8, 2013 — A weekly look at Wyoming business questions from the Wyoming Small Business Development Center (WSBDC), part of WyomingEntrepreneur.Biz, a collection of business assistance programs at the University of Wyoming.

October 7, 2013 — The American Marketing Association (AMA) will host a public forum on sustainable business practices at 9 a.m. Wednesday, Oct. 9, in the University of Wyoming Union Ballroom. The event is free and open to the public.

October 7, 2013 — The University of Wyoming is a land-grant institution. Land-grant institutions were originally created to provide a practical education. Their mission, as I see it, is to educate the ethical leaders who will make a positive, meaningful and enduring difference to the world at some level.

October 7, 2013 — Willing to take on whatever challenges are presented to her, Department of Computer Science Office Associate Tonya Rae Anderle is the University of Wyoming’s Outstanding Staff Employee of the Third Quarter.

October 7, 2013 — Barry Brewer, Department of Management and Marketing assistant professor, and Dongmei Li, Department of Chemical and Petroleum Engineering assistant professor, are this year’s recipients of Anadarko Fellowships for University of Wyoming faculty.

October 7, 2013 — Kara Carnes-Holt, assistant professor of counseling education in the University of Wyoming College of Education, has been selected as a 2013-14 Presidential Fellow by the national Association for Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES).

October 5, 2013 — The University of Wyoming will work to help military veterans attending UW continue their studies, regardless of what happens with federally funded programs affected by the government shutdown, UW President Bob Sternberg says.

October 4, 2013 — Growing up in Houston, Texas, Karen Aydinian remembers her father, a petroleum geologist, working with few female geoscientists in what was then a predominantly male business. Today, about one-half of such geologists in the industry are women, she says.

October 4, 2013 — President Bob Sternberg of the University of Wyoming is the keynote speaker for the College of Arts and Sciences annual Keith and Thyra Thomson Honors Convocation Friday, Oct. 11, at 4 p.m. in the A&S auditorium.

October 3, 2013 — Casper native Spencer Bohren, well-known internationally as a New Orleans-based singer, guitarist and storyteller, will perform at the University of Wyoming at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, and at 7:30 p.m., Saturday, Oct. 12. Both events, in the UW Education auditorium, are free and open to the public.

October 3, 2013 — Denver band Covergeist will bring a free-wheeling, spirited, rock ‘n’ roll experience to the University of Wyoming Studio WYO concert series Thursday, Oct. 10, at 7 p.m. in the Wyoming Union Gardens.

October 3, 2013 — They can flatten like a pancake and puff out their armor-like hide for protection. They can use their heads like a drill to dig a hole and burrow, or catch rain in their scales for drinking water. They are one of the few reptiles that give live birth rather than lay eggs. And they can even shoot blood from their eyes to fend off their canid predators.

October 2, 2013 — The science of taxidermy, what Chinese Singaporeans believe about burying their dead, and recognizing mountain avalanche signs are among topics Saturday, Oct. 12, in Jackson for the fall term of Saturday U -- the University of Wyoming's free one-day college education program.